قراءة كتاب The Lion's Masquerade A Sequel to The Peacock at Home
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The Lion's Masquerade A Sequel to The Peacock at Home
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The guests now came thronging in numbers untold,
The furious, the gentle, the young and the old.
In dominos some, but in characters most,
And now a brave warrior, and then a fair toast.
The Baboon, as a Counsellor; Alderman, Glutton;
A Lamb, Miss in her teens, with her aunt, an old mutton.
It was easy to see, as this couple past by,
The Wolf, very knowingly, cast a Sheep’s eye.
And now at the door was a terrible clatter,
The beasts all about wonder’d what was the matter.
A poor Cat in pattens came running so fast,
Her ticket was almost forgot as the past;
For close at her heels came a great Hog in armour.
Then follow’d his friend in a very large wig
As a deep read professor—the fam’d learned Pig—
A Bear came as Caliban, loaded with wood,
His bones full of aches from Prospero’s rod.
The Greyhound as Vanity holding a glass,
The Stag, as Actæon; King Midas, the Ass.
And next them a sullen, and obstinate Mule,
As a Dunce, who had just been expell’d from his school.
The Mastiff a brave English sailor appear’d,
No friend he betray’d, and no enemy fear’d:
And paid him all night, most distinguished attention.
Now skipping along on the tip of his toe,
Came a chattering Monkey, a Frenchifi’d beau:
And reeling behind, in an officer’s dress,
Was his pert younger brother, just come from the mess;
With manners as forward, and strut as complete,
As other young Ensigns you see in the street.
The Bull came as Taurus, all studded with stars;
Capricornus, the Goat; a Bull-dog, as Mars.
Now refreshments by order were handed about,
And the dancing commenc’d with a terrible rout;
Some Eastern grandees were conducted along.
Attendants preceded with all due decorum,
And Spaniels, as courtiers, came fawning before ’em.
No longer in servitude bending the knee,
And destin’d, the first of his kind, to be free,
The Camel approach’d, with magnificence drest
As a Nabob, who lately arriv’d from the East.
From the Island of
